Summer heat and thunderstorms have kicked in full-force across much of the contiguous U.S. over the last couple of weeks, with a generous helping of heat advisories, severe thunderstorm and tornado watches and warnings, and flood watches and warnings scattered...

This past weekend, the Ozark Mountains of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas experienced two days of near-continuous heavy thunderstorms. The sustained heavy rain over the steep hills of this region led to rapid runoff and a dramatic rise in local creeks and...

An afternoon thunderstorm situated in just the right place can spark a chain of events that can completely change a community and how it learns to respond to a flooding disaster. Such was the case the evening of July 31st above the Big Thompson Canyon in Colorado, 60...

Phoenix, along with much of the rest of the country, has been battling with excessive heat for most of the summer. In the southwest this dry heat, combined with their summer monsoonal rainfalls, can create a virulent effect in the atmosphere that accompanies the rain,...

Thunderstorms moving through southern Utah and northern Arizona caused deadly flooding Monday September 14 through Tuesday September 15th, 2015. These thunderstorms were associated with a shortwave trough moving through the Southwest. This trough initiated the...